New Ideas in Urban Research 2022

As is our custom at Penn IUR, we dedicate this issue of the Urban Link to celebrate and highlight Penn’s graduating doctoral students who have created new urban-related knowledge through their research. They come from many disciplines, including applied economics, city and regional planning, history, and social welfare. Enjoy and be enlightened as you read their key findings and novel policy recommendations below. We have listed the authors alphabetically.

New Ideas in Urban Research

• Meghna Chandra, Social Welfare, School of Social Policy & Practice | The Black Worker and the Knowledge Economy in Philadelphia: University-Led Displacement vs. Homeowner Democracy
• Ellen Fu, Applied Economics, The Wharton School | The Financial Burdens of Property Taxes: Evidence from Philadelphia
• Sam Geldin, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design | Rethinking the Heavy Hand of Flood Prevention in Informal Settlements: An Investigation of Retreat-Related Practices in the Philippines
• Shengxio (Alex) Li, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design | Aging in Place or Stuck in Place? Transportation Planning for Older Americans in the Digital Era
• Philip Mulder, Applied Economics, The Wharton School | Mismeasuring Risk: The Welfare Effects of Flood Risk Information
• Kristian Erickson Taketomo, History, School of Arts & Sciences | City Mutable: The United States Census Bureau’s Quest to Define the City, 1850-1930